The United States has signaled a transparent distinction between crypto belongings appropriate for buying and selling and people greatest suited for use as collateral in the derivatives markets. On Dec 8, the Commodity Futures Trading Commission (CFTC) authorized Futures Commission Merchants (FCMs) to simply accept Bitcoin, Ethereum, and USDC as eligible margin underneath a digital…
When crypto sells off, the market doesn’t a lot stroll down the steps because it slips on step one and discovers there by no means had been any handrails. Everyone is aware of why: perps are a stadium, options are a facet alley, and insurance coverage in a storm is tough to purchase. Paolo Ardoino,…
Bitcoin block choices traded this week confirmed $2 billion in lengthy name condors from institutional or high-net-worth traders, and that bullishness might spill into Ethereum price predictions. A Bitcoin restoration would finally ship ripples throughout the altcoin market, positioning Ethereum for important capital inflows. While the outlook has been completely bearish over current weeks, the…
Bitcoin’s break below $85,000 triggered greater than $2 billion in crypto derivatives liquidations inside 24 hours as threat belongings got here underneath stress once more. BTC briefly approached $85,000 earlier in the week earlier than bouncing, however momentum for a restoration was minimal as it broke down as low as $81,600 overnight. Bitcoin liquidations hit…
Bitcoin has finished what many bulls dreaded: it plunged beneath six figures, crashed via $100,000, and even tumbled previous $98,000 in a wave of liquidations not seen since May. As reported by CryptoSlate, BTC fell to $98,550, triggering $190 million in lengthy liquidations in a single hour and $655 million in 24 hours as spot…
Behind each wild Bitcoin candle in 2025 is a quiet shift in collateral, foundation, and ETF flows. Funding charges, margin haircuts, and spot ETF hedging now have as a lot impression on the price as any macroeconomic headline. Collateral settings throughout futures and lending venues affect the Bitcoin spot price via compelled hedging and liquidations….
Every few months, headlines warn of a looming multi-billion-dollar options expiry poised to shake Bitcoin price. This quarter’s determine, roughly $13 billion in notional contracts, sounds dramatic, but it’s a part of a well-worn sample on Deribit, the alternate that clears practically 90% of Bitcoin’s options open curiosity. The actual story isn’t the dimensions of…
Bitcoin (BTC) pressured the closure of $740 million in leveraged positions on Oct. 21 as the value swung from $110,552 to $114,019 earlier than retreating towards $108,000, executing a basic short-squeeze adopted by lengthy liquidations that cleared extreme derivatives publicity. Data from Coinglass exhibits $435.63 million in long positions and $304.64 million in shorts eradicated…
The leverage period in Bitcoin buying and selling has light into one thing extra deliberate. What as soon as resembled a perpetual movement on line casino now behaves extra like a bond desk. Options exercise has overtaken perpetuals, realized volatility has narrowed, and the largest Bitcoin fund in the world, BlackRock’s iShares Bitcoin Trust (IBIT),…
JPMorgan attributes the latest Bitcoin (BTC) and Ethereum (ETH) sell-off to crypto-native leverage slightly than institutional exits, noting that spot ETFs and CME futures absorbed minimal pressured promoting while perpetual futures markets confronted sharp deleveraging throughout each property. Bitcoin fell 13.1% from $122,316 on Oct. 3 to $106,329 by Oct. 17, while perpetual open curiosity…